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Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Birthday Local Patching

My 40th birthday today and Beddington supplied a surprise out of the blue with a juvenile Gannet yesterday evening and a new moth tick- a Red-green Carpet. The Gannet was the 9th record for Beddington (my 5th record and 7th individual but first one on the deck).
Pics here on David's blog (I twitched it with no gear after Derek raised the alarm):http://devilbirder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/local-gannet.html

The Gannet twitch

Red-Green Carpet (rhs) and Burnished Brass

Beddington Gulls

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Spent today looking for migrants and ticks (for the pan-species list). Pretty quiet on the migrant front in these prevailing wind conditions. However a few bits an bobs- 50+ House Martin, 20+ Swallow, 5 Sand Martin, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 1 Sedge Warbler, 6 Green Sandpiper and also 1 Peregrine. 40+ Stock Doves on the mound and also 20+ Linnet and 10+ Goldfinch on the edge.
Got a few bugs and beetles that I need to id too.

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This is my birding and nature blog/profile mostly about my local patch Beddington Farmlands which is being developed into a nature reserve within the Wandle Valley Regional Park in South London. I live and work from Beddington Farmlands and operate Little Oak, an environmental management company that looks after green spaces in our local area. (Recently due to family commitments I've been living between London and Oxford and spending more time birding in Oxfordshire). I also have my foreign patch on the Azores where I escape to at every available opportunity. Occasionally I might leave my patches for a bit of general birding, exploring in the mobile obs (the campervan) and do a bit of music as a hobby. For more on my projects click on 'What's it all about?' on my blog.